Killjoy-NL
Banned
Contagion/Essence Drain are chaos damage right?
I'm actually not going with fire/chaos damage.
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I'm actually not going with fire/chaos damage.
TheRaidenPT
Member
Man I love playing this on the PS5 but the CPU bottleneck on the endgame will be real, I'll be changing to the PC to play with 3D Cache, anyone knows if I buy a key on the PC I can access my PS characters?
Mephisto40
Member
This just seems a bit over the top for me though tbh, you should be able to get through the campaign without needing to look up build guides and restarting because you've specced into the wrong skills
I'm using contagion and essence drain for my witch and I'm still struggling to beat the second phase of the act 1 boss
I can give them a pass for the time being due to it being in early access, and I can probably just power through it if i over level, but this is going to put casual players off big time if they can't progress on their own without looking up guides
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Zathalus
Member
That’s correct, there might be other good builds but I’m playing a Sorceress right now so can’t say for sure.
Yep, the game is a bit overturned at the moment. Looking up guides is inevitable usually, as PoE is so incredibly deep when it comes to build variety and endgame. Needing it to just get past Act 1 is a bit much though.
Lucifers Beard
Member
This puts me off these games massively. I typically build my characters based on how much fun I'll have with certain skills rather than 'the meta' or min/max is. I'm really tempted to grab this, but am holding off for a bit until the honeymoon phase is over to see what people really think of the game.
draliko
Member
You can always mess with nodes and see the effects, usually reading a guide is useful not for copying straight off it but for seeing the idea behind the node selection and the interactions. Sometimes playing with online tools help comprehension of nodes and help planning your build.
I don't really like blindly following someone else guide but usually help to get an idea.
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Sabejita
Member
I don't follow any guide, I take passive skills that complete the way I like to play, ie I found the energy shield was too slow to recharge on my monk: I took Mystic Stance and now it's fine for me (I reseted some nodes I found useless for a few gold).
By act 2 I already unlocked every monk skills (up to lvl 5) and I can't slot everything but I tested everyone of them in combat to see which I liked to use/which did best dps with my stuff then upgraded those with support gem/levels.
By act 2 I already unlocked every monk skills (up to lvl 5) and I can't slot everything but I tested everyone of them in combat to see which I liked to use/which did best dps with my stuff then upgraded those with support gem/levels.
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Herbspiceguy
Member
Having spent some decent time on the game, I definitely agree with some of the takes shared here:
From act 2 onwards the zones feel too large with too many 'nothing corners', which can make them feel like a slog at times. Besides resizing, this could, in part, be remedied by adding more (dynamic) events as well as more meaningful treasure (instances), which I think D4 did quite well. In PoE 2 I actually found 1 (of 2 in total so far) cellar instance that literally was 'already looted'. What's even the point of that? You should be rewarded more for exploring every nook & cranny, not receive a kick in the nuts.
Not a fan of the dying and respawning mobs either. It feels bad not being able to kill the rare elite that killed you, which also takes away a chance at better quality loot right in front of your eyes.
As for loot: overall, I really like the more sober approach over piñata loot explosions, with sorting/filtering slog that comes with it, but the current state of drops in PoE 2 could definitely be turned up a notch or two.
Besides more orb drops, I do think they could improve the gear dropped by bosses and yellow treasure chests, which are quite rare. It's weird that yellow doesn't drop any yellow.
As for my experience playing a warrior (that actively blocks a lot):
Combat works for the most part, but I've also ran into issues with hit detection or hit boxes. Many times I should've clearly hit, when it just didn't register. This could also have to do with evasion, which isn't very clear to me (evasion would make sense of a mob or two evaded, but not a whole group). I'm close to taking the passive that makes hits un-evadable, so I'll see that makes a big difference.
Usually on bosses I'm hugging them, actively blocking and spamming attacks, with the occasional dodge roll. On the giant bosses I feel it's a bit silly and frustrating how I'm constantly being hindered by the big arms and bodies with collision, that also flail around, shoving me around like a rag doll and not allowing me to run/dodge roll where I want to. It makes me feel like I'm losing control a bit too much.
dreamstation
Member
Pretty sure I read it's going to have cross progression so should be able to. Not sure about in early access, but definitely at full release.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
The majority of the gold you make in the early game is through selling stuff. Pick up and sell all the magic items that you don't need. You don't need to disenchant that many magic items.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Using rings and runes, it's not that bad to up your resists.
The NPC vendors update their wares every time you gain a level. They often have rares.
panda-zebra
Member
Guild stash: What am I doing wrong? ELI5 pls 
On console/pad I open it up and instead of being able to tab between them I seem to be in edit mode moving them around with the bumpers, so the only way to see them all seems to be shift them around and go back in (which is obviously going to annoy everyone else if I leave it in a mess when I'm done). I could deal with that when there was just 2 tabs but now there's 4 and maybe more that's going to get messy.
I know it's a Beta, but it seems like some of the controller/console player stuff is an afterthought right now, not much but a few things here and there don't work well/nicely. Another example is in the trial - I had to disable the attack set to X (that was also set to be the main contextual interact button) in order to be able to interact with the crystals and not fire stuff off at any random scrote enemy in a 50 mile radius, m/kb players just click them and it works.
On console/pad I open it up and instead of being able to tab between them I seem to be in edit mode moving them around with the bumpers, so the only way to see them all seems to be shift them around and go back in (which is obviously going to annoy everyone else if I leave it in a mess when I'm done). I could deal with that when there was just 2 tabs but now there's 4 and maybe more that's going to get messy.I know it's a Beta, but it seems like some of the controller/console player stuff is an afterthought right now, not much but a few things here and there don't work well/nicely. Another example is in the trial - I had to disable the attack set to X (that was also set to be the main contextual interact button) in order to be able to interact with the crystals and not fire stuff off at any random scrote enemy in a 50 mile radius, m/kb players just click them and it works.
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Pegasus Actual
Member
I have no idea what Summon Raging Spirits is and don't recall seeing it. I got through act 1 on Witch without too much issue. Did take a few tries on a few of the bosses but I'm not finding the game particularly punishing. There's a checkpoint next to just about any difficult encounter. I've been revealing the entire maps before moving onto the next thing. I think the last area in act 1 was level 15 and I was level 17 when I cleared it. I was actually getting a bit confused, I don't think I ate my first death until the uhhh... tree fort area... where I ran into a bit of a wall and got overwhelmed.
At that point I did use contagion and essence drain... seemed pretty obvious they were meant to be combo'd from the descriptions. I do have some useless junk cluttering up my skills right now. It actually took embarrassingly long for me to equip anything beyond the first two skills they tutorialed and really only started messing with stuff once I wasn't doing enough damage to kill things.
I'm a little worried about respecing in the future. The prices didn't seem so bad but then it looks like they went up as I leveled. The leveling tree is massive and I really don't know enough about the game at the moment. I made my way to some chaos damage boosts to buff the aforementioned combo.
Act 1 boss... I died a number of times but eventually did enough damage to him to where he didn't add a fog cycle to his uhhh... airstrikes I guess? That killed me a few times on his last sliver of health. It seems like the adds that spawn during the fog phase didn't really leave corpses... or they expired very quickly. I couldn't use my Summon Zombies skill but doing some AoE and then spamming the Unearth attack got me some of those scorpion minions and turned the tide a little. And at the start and during phase changes I'd charge up Ember Fusillade for a little burst damage.
Once I cleared it I went and created a monk character and immediately got rekt in the first section by some laser crabs I didn't even remember as I crossed a bridge (they cross-fired me in an instant, pretty funny). I almost think that the first character they made it easier but that probably doesn't make sense. I just probably didn't need to do anything because the minions were good enough at least for that.
Anyway I got rekt as the monk on the first optional boss as well, though I don't think I fought that right away as I found the mudhole or whatever first on my Witch. Once I got a couple of levels and items it wasn't that terrible but I eventually knocked that out. I'll probably go back to my Witch in Act 2 next time I played, I just wanted to get an idea of how the game works with multiple characters. Shared gold, shared stash, etc... as I'm new to the genre. I kind of wish I hadn't indiscriminately nuked all the drops that didn't seem relevant to my Witch. There was some decent stuff that could be used to get my alts going a little smoother than my poor monk.
Did dig into the options and found where I could make the mouse cursor bigger and more colorful... aand lock it to the main screen. Should be good quality of life improvements for Act 2. I lost track of my cursor a lot in Act 1. Decently busy visuals and it just kinda blends right in.
The default ability mappings for the WASD control seem pretty insane... I also don't get why the ctrl modifier only works for the keys and not for mouse clicks. I think I'll map the extra skills pretty much all to the mouse, wheel up, wheel down, and the 2 side buttons... My contagion/essence drain wombo combo is currently on F and Q... pretty awkward walking around with WASD and having those be my two main attacks.
One thing I haven't really figured out is the second weapon set you can equip... I just kind of put a staff on there with a fire or lighting spell... but the problem is my skill minions all disappear when I switch... I get that the one from my Bone Wand would but seems a little weird that the others also go away. I'm not sure what the requirement is.. maybe having any wand equipped let's me keep them? So is that the thing... I can only equip wands and scepters basically? It's kind of confusing that the weapons don't seem to be class restricted but if using it disables half my skills then what's the point?
And to that end I have some slot 1 and slot 2 passive skill points stacked up... 4 of each. I don't quite understand them but I don't want to use them and then have to pay big gold to respec. Can normal skill points chain off of them? Like I said, the skill tree is scary.
I also don't really understand what 'standard' league is and how it relates to the season. Each season you redo the campaign? And the entire skill tree? Is 'standard' like a rock that's always there and thus the most important and thus the most scary to mess up my skill tree? Or is it more like the noob mode where it doesn't actually matter that I'm completely fucking my skills?
At that point I did use contagion and essence drain... seemed pretty obvious they were meant to be combo'd from the descriptions. I do have some useless junk cluttering up my skills right now. It actually took embarrassingly long for me to equip anything beyond the first two skills they tutorialed and really only started messing with stuff once I wasn't doing enough damage to kill things.
I'm a little worried about respecing in the future. The prices didn't seem so bad but then it looks like they went up as I leveled. The leveling tree is massive and I really don't know enough about the game at the moment. I made my way to some chaos damage boosts to buff the aforementioned combo.
Act 1 boss... I died a number of times but eventually did enough damage to him to where he didn't add a fog cycle to his uhhh... airstrikes I guess? That killed me a few times on his last sliver of health. It seems like the adds that spawn during the fog phase didn't really leave corpses... or they expired very quickly. I couldn't use my Summon Zombies skill but doing some AoE and then spamming the Unearth attack got me some of those scorpion minions and turned the tide a little. And at the start and during phase changes I'd charge up Ember Fusillade for a little burst damage.
Once I cleared it I went and created a monk character and immediately got rekt in the first section by some laser crabs I didn't even remember as I crossed a bridge (they cross-fired me in an instant, pretty funny). I almost think that the first character they made it easier but that probably doesn't make sense. I just probably didn't need to do anything because the minions were good enough at least for that.
Anyway I got rekt as the monk on the first optional boss as well, though I don't think I fought that right away as I found the mudhole or whatever first on my Witch. Once I got a couple of levels and items it wasn't that terrible but I eventually knocked that out. I'll probably go back to my Witch in Act 2 next time I played, I just wanted to get an idea of how the game works with multiple characters. Shared gold, shared stash, etc... as I'm new to the genre. I kind of wish I hadn't indiscriminately nuked all the drops that didn't seem relevant to my Witch. There was some decent stuff that could be used to get my alts going a little smoother than my poor monk.
Did dig into the options and found where I could make the mouse cursor bigger and more colorful... aand lock it to the main screen. Should be good quality of life improvements for Act 2. I lost track of my cursor a lot in Act 1. Decently busy visuals and it just kinda blends right in.
The default ability mappings for the WASD control seem pretty insane... I also don't get why the ctrl modifier only works for the keys and not for mouse clicks. I think I'll map the extra skills pretty much all to the mouse, wheel up, wheel down, and the 2 side buttons... My contagion/essence drain wombo combo is currently on F and Q... pretty awkward walking around with WASD and having those be my two main attacks.
One thing I haven't really figured out is the second weapon set you can equip... I just kind of put a staff on there with a fire or lighting spell... but the problem is my skill minions all disappear when I switch... I get that the one from my Bone Wand would but seems a little weird that the others also go away. I'm not sure what the requirement is.. maybe having any wand equipped let's me keep them? So is that the thing... I can only equip wands and scepters basically? It's kind of confusing that the weapons don't seem to be class restricted but if using it disables half my skills then what's the point?
And to that end I have some slot 1 and slot 2 passive skill points stacked up... 4 of each. I don't quite understand them but I don't want to use them and then have to pay big gold to respec. Can normal skill points chain off of them? Like I said, the skill tree is scary.
I also don't really understand what 'standard' league is and how it relates to the season. Each season you redo the campaign? And the entire skill tree? Is 'standard' like a rock that's always there and thus the most important and thus the most scary to mess up my skill tree? Or is it more like the noob mode where it doesn't actually matter that I'm completely fucking my skills?
foamdino
Member
Key thing, you can get the spirit gem from Freythorn but I think you need to reset the zone to get another chance at the boss - see "PoE2 resetting zone" for how to do that for your platform, I think on PC it's ctrl click waypoint and select new instance (and I *think* this does give you another spirit gem - but not 100% sure on that). I had to wait until deep in act 2 to get a second spirit gem, but when I got raging spirits my build started to come together. Dunno how people knew to get this right away as it isn't exposed as a suggested gem for the witch
Sabejita
Member
Weird level restriction for such a common item.Took some orbs of transmutation by accident out of the guild stash now it wont let me put the back until level 25
clarky
Gold Member
I know right must be a bug.
geary
Member
Check what spirit do you have when you switch weapons. Maybe second weapon doesn't have enough spirit to keep your minions alive.
Till now, 2 bosses push my buttons. The count (i beat him in like 10 tries) and Balbala in Act 2 (that mf have flicker strike
)
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Pegasus Actual
Member
Hmm, yeah, looks like my spirit comes pretty much from my Scepter so that makes sense. For some reason I thought there was a base minion that you get without spirit and spirit just leveled him up and made him stronger.
That was another recent UI tweak, enabling the HP/Mana/Spirit text numbers. Did that right before I logged off. Before that I had no clue what my spirit usage even was... it doesn't seem to list it in the skills tab. So I just clicked plus next to things until I couldn't click plus anymore.
geary
Member
You can see your sprit usage in the skill tabs (G), for each skill that use it.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Pegasus Actual
Member
I can see that I'm allocating +30 or whatever... but I didn't see any pool of unallocated points? I could be blind as there's a lot going on in this game.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Scepters grant you spirit, which is the main resource of your minions, so if weapon switch to a staff or something else, you're going to lose them. Don't bother with the weapon swap system at the point where you're at. Concentrate on finding scepters with +spirit. Contagion + Essence Drain is a great combo for Witch in the early game. If you didn't use your spirit gem yet, try Raging Spirits. If you already used your spirit gem, I have an spare level 7 one you can have but you will need to be level 26 to use it. Raging Spirits + Firewall is fun.
foamdino
Member
I think Rathbreaker is a tad overtuned - I got rekt first time, then took a beat went and rejigged my gear a little at the caravan (best town/hub idea ever) and then did him second time - key was to avoid the pinning spears attack
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
If anyone has any Iron Runes, I could use some please! And let me know what you need as well
Josemayuste
Member
Do you guys know by any chance if buying the cheaper supporter pack grants any additional early access key for a friend? If so how do I claim it for my mate?. Thanks in advance.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yes it works. On the Path of Exile website, buy a supporter pack, then you will get an Early Acess key. Your friend redeems the key. Then your friend can get a Steam Key.
Josemayuste
Member
Thank you, but when I log in my mail inbox on PoE's website it says this:
'This key is available to claim, click the button below to access your key. Please note this key only unlocks the client in your library, it will not provide early access to your account and should not be given away.'
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
you're looking at the wrong thing.Thank you, but when I log in my mail inbox on PoE's website it says this:
'This key is available to claim, click the button below to access your key. Please note this key only unlocks the client in your library, it will not provide early access to your account and should not be given away.'
Go here
The Early Access key which is redeemed on the Path of Exile website is different than the Steam Key you get that you redeem on Steam. Redeeming the EA key on the PoE website also gives you a Steam Key.
It should say this
Path of Exile 2 Early Access Key
KEYKEY-KEYKEY-KEYUsed: false
This key can be redeemed on the Path of Exile website.
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Josemayuste
Member
Ok, I've already got PoE 2 and EA available on my Steam library. When I click on your link I get the same message: ''This key is available to claim, click the button below to access your key. Please note this key only unlocks the client in your library, it will not provide early access to your account and should not be given away.'
Maybe that's the key that I can share?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
There is an unclaimed key here. That's the key you give to your friend. Then your friend logs in to the PoE website and redeems that key there.
LegendOfKage
Member
When it comes to the act 1 boss, is there an element he's weakest to? I already have a lot of lightning damage on my bow, but I'm not sure if I want more, or I should go with a fire rune, or perhaps even a frost rune. Any suggestions?
owandeseis
Member
Ripped my cold mage chronomancer at lvl 25-30 on HC fuck, had a crazy staff with +3 to cold spells, 60 spell damage, 15 cast speed, extra damage as fire, etc
Just got to Act 2 with my next project, a lightning Archmage with Mind over Matter and energy shield, it's quite weak early and will continue to be until later on, so i expect to RIP before i can make it work but we'll see D:
Also got a ranger at like lvl 12 but i'm getting stomped and forced to logout since i can't clear these rituals from act 1 fast enough... getting gear from my other run with the mage to equip this one.
Great game, some stuff is still a bit barebones, but knowing GGG and how fast they work, i expect this game will evolve a lot in just some months, as PoE 1 did.
Just got to Act 2 with my next project, a lightning Archmage with Mind over Matter and energy shield, it's quite weak early and will continue to be until later on, so i expect to RIP before i can make it work but we'll see D:
Also got a ranger at like lvl 12 but i'm getting stomped and forced to logout since i can't clear these rituals from act 1 fast enough... getting gear from my other run with the mage to equip this one.
Great game, some stuff is still a bit barebones, but knowing GGG and how fast they work, i expect this game will evolve a lot in just some months, as PoE 1 did.
Elitro
Member
Most of the negatives that people are bringing up I don't really agree.
Loot sucks? It's fine. The industry 'standard' is that vendors suck and mats should be saved for endgame. Now you actually have to use those mats on gear you pick up to ensure you are not lagging behind because some OP yellow or unique is no longer just around the corner. Also by ensuring that loot is not OP they actually sort of fixed the vendors, keep an eye on them and spend your gold.
Respawning sucks? Nah, it's a gatekeeping mechanic that tells you whether you need more loot, gear or are using your class efficiently. Every time I enter a new area I tend to die on the mobs. This Is how I farm. Eventually by the end of the map I'm not dying anymore, because I have more levels, got better drops or just have learned the new enemy patterns.
Also as a side note, the magma barrier on warrior is really cool. After you raise your shield, for 0.5 seconds you spray magma back on a successful block. They actually made the shield a successful interactive element! GGG you madlads!
Loot sucks? It's fine. The industry 'standard' is that vendors suck and mats should be saved for endgame. Now you actually have to use those mats on gear you pick up to ensure you are not lagging behind because some OP yellow or unique is no longer just around the corner. Also by ensuring that loot is not OP they actually sort of fixed the vendors, keep an eye on them and spend your gold.
Respawning sucks? Nah, it's a gatekeeping mechanic that tells you whether you need more loot, gear or are using your class efficiently. Every time I enter a new area I tend to die on the mobs. This Is how I farm. Eventually by the end of the map I'm not dying anymore, because I have more levels, got better drops or just have learned the new enemy patterns.
Also as a side note, the magma barrier on warrior is really cool. After you raise your shield, for 0.5 seconds you spray magma back on a successful block. They actually made the shield a successful interactive element! GGG you madlads!
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Mephisto40
Member
He does frost attacks in his second phase, so i'm guessing he's strong to frost
DaleinCalgary
Member
Level 15 warrior and I seem to be able to do fine on mobs/bosses okay for now. I had a little difficulty dieing using 2h but since switching to board it has been just fine. I did get 3 useful legendaries though.
Hot5pur
Member
I think everything about the gameplay is damn near perfect
However, I really wish they invested more into story, characters and world building. Not building up the count/countess more in Act1 was a missed opportunity. Having a few in-engine cinematics wouldn't hurt either. Immersion is important man! It makes you care about what you are doing.
Act 2 seems fun, the mine map got a little grindy. Again, context, lore, purpose, these are important even if the game is all about "endgame", I think it would build a strong foundation to have a very fleshed out world and not just some generic ass dark fantasy.
Small gripe overall but would prevent this from being a 9+ for me if it just devolves into random quest givers and monster grind.
However, I really wish they invested more into story, characters and world building. Not building up the count/countess more in Act1 was a missed opportunity. Having a few in-engine cinematics wouldn't hurt either. Immersion is important man! It makes you care about what you are doing.
Act 2 seems fun, the mine map got a little grindy. Again, context, lore, purpose, these are important even if the game is all about "endgame", I think it would build a strong foundation to have a very fleshed out world and not just some generic ass dark fantasy.
Small gripe overall but would prevent this from being a 9+ for me if it just devolves into random quest givers and monster grind.
Interfectum
Member
I seriously love this game. It's amazing how I just thought I was done with these types of games after playing Diablo 4 when all I needed was to play one that was done correctly. Been playing it all weekend and am hooked.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I love the dodge. Very good for AoE bullet hell mechanics or just get away tactics. Plus you notice the difference in power in spell damage versus when you are in your human form.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
You can tell what resistances an enemy has by the icons on their life bar.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
@ everyone in the guild - I just realized that upgrading our 2-slot skill gems is a waste. For example, if I have a level 5 lightning arrow, instead of upgrading it with a level 6 uncut skill gem, I could unequip the current level 5 lightning arrow, make a new level 6 lightning arrow skill with the uncut gem, then donate the level 5 skill to the guild stash.
I think if we do this, then we could build up a nice skill gem reserve for people who want to test things out.
The only time you don't want to do this if if you upgraded your existing skills with more support slots.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, just carry on as normal. I don't want to confuse you lol.
I think if we do this, then we could build up a nice skill gem reserve for people who want to test things out.
The only time you don't want to do this if if you upgraded your existing skills with more support slots.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, just carry on as normal. I don't want to confuse you lol.